Reidobs! We Read! 2010-09-04

Reidobs! We Read! Ni Legas! Wir Lesen! - 2010-09-04
Volapük - Lucas 6.5
5. Äsagom i omes: "Son mena binom Mastan jabata".

English - Luke 6:5
5. And he said to them, 'The Son of man is master of the Sabbath.'

Esperanto - Luko 6.5
5. Kaj li diris al ili: La Filo de homo estas sinjoro de la sabato.

Deutsch - Lukas 6.5
5. Und er sprach zu ihnen: Des Menschen Sohn ist ein Herr auch des Sabbats.

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son - son, the son - filo - Sohn
men - man (a human being) - homo - Mensch
binom - he is - li estas - er ist
mastan - master - mastro - Herr
jabat - sabbath, Shabat - sabato - Sabbat

'Volapük' in Korean

In the Korean language the word for Volapük is 볼라퓌크 which is pronounced 'bolrapuikeu'.

In Japanese it's ヴォラピュク pronounced 'vorapyuku'.

Just in case anyone asks you.

Wordlist: Ob - Me

Volapük - English - Esperanto - German

ob - I, me - mi - ich, mich
binob - I am - mi estas - ich bin
logob - I see - mi vidas - ich sehe
logon - it sees - ĝi vidas - es sieht

Ekö ob.
Binob kat redik.

Logob rati blövik.
Rat blövik logon obi.

Logob kati grünik.
Kat grünik logon obi.

Ekö rats blövik e kats grünik.
Ekö ob.

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Multilingual Bible Reading 3 Sept. 2010

[Lucas] 5.39
39. I nek, kel kösömon ad drinön vini bäldik, odesiron ad drinön yuniki; ibä osagon: Vin bäldik binon süperik.
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Volapük - English - Esperanto - Deutsch
nek - nobody - neniu - niemand
kel - who, which - kiu
ad - for, in order to - por, pri
drinön - to drink - trinki - trinken
vin - wine - vino - Wein
bäldik - old - malnova - alt
yunik - new - nova - neu
binön - to be - esti - sein
süperik - excellent - preferinda - besser

English - Luke 5:39
And no man drinking old [wine], hath presently a mind to new: for he saith, the old is better.

Esperanto - Luko 5.39
Kaj neniu, trinkinte malnovan vinon, deziras novan; char li diras: La malnova estas preferinda.

Deutsch - Lukas 5.39
Und niemand ist, der vom alten trinkt und wolle bald neuen; denn er spricht: Der alte is milder.

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Multilingual Bible Reading - 2 Sept. 2010

2. Äloegom seatön nafis tel len jol laka; nafans igoloms se ons, ed älavüloms filätis.
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seatön - to lie, lay - kushi
naf - ship - shipo
tel - two - du
len - at, on - apud
jol - shore - bordo
lak - lake - lago
nafan - sailor - maristo


Luke 5:2
2. And saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

Luko 5.2
2. kaj li vidis du shipetojn starantajn apud la lago, sed la fishkaptistoj jhus eliris el ili, aj lavis la retojn.

Lukas 5.2
2. und sah zwei Schiffe am See stehen, die Fischer aber waren ausgetreten und wuschen ihre Netze.

Volapük-English dictionaries

On Amazon.com there are a number of Volapük books available as reprints. One of them is Wood's Dictionary of Volapük: Volapük-English, English-Volapük which was originally published over a hundred years ago.

This means it was published before the revision of the Volapük language in 1931. While this dictionary would be of historical value and of use to the advanced student, I wonder if it would be very helpful to the beginning student.

There is a dictionary in modern Volapük by Ralph Midgely. It is available at the Volapük Online Resource in PDF or Microsoft Word formats. I don't know if there are plans to put this dictionary into real book form. But in this day of on-demand publishers such as Lulu.com, one can always hope. Until then we must be content to either keep the dictionary as a file on our computers, or go through the effort to print the pages out and put them into a binder. (Get a BIG binder.)

Multilingual Bible Reading - 1 Sept. 2010

1. [Corinthus] 3.2
2. Enulüdob olis me milig, no me zib solidik; ibä no äfägols ad sufidön oni. Igo nu no fägols ad sufidön oni,


milig = milk = lakto - Milch
no = no, not = ne = nicht
zib = food = manghajho = Speise
solidik = solid = solida =
nu = now = nun = nun
fägols = you (plural) are capable = kapablas

1 Cor. 3:2
2. I gave you milk to drink, not meat; for you were not able as yet. But neither indeed are you now able; for you are yet carnal.

1. Korintanoj 3:2
2. Mi nutris vin per lakto, be per manghajhon; char vi ankorau ne kapablis; kaj ech nun vi ne kapablas, char vi estas ankorau karnaj.

1. Korinther 3.2
2. Milch habe ich euch zu trinken gegeben, und nicht Speise; denn ihr konntet noch nicht. Auch könnt ihr jetzt noch nicht.